flux biota.

A couple weeks ago this truck sunk in the DesMoines River. After a few days of submersion, car help arrived and the wet truck was yanked ou...

Small brown bat. Photographed on the hood of my Honda by the DesMoines River. Animal specimens helps inform the content of my work (no anim...

The toad has a natural defense mechanism. Urine. Noone likes to get peed on. He tried to pee on me but only managed to pee all over the p...

I noticed a lot of bird chatter. Oriole bird chatter, to be exact. Frantic and concerned oriole chatter. I couldn't figure out why tw...

We own a puppy now. I am constantly yanking objects out of his curious mouth. Bottle caps, paper goods, rotten food, underpants, pennies. ...

We went out arrowhead hunting but ended up as fossil hunting. Check out these beauties. ( Brachiopods) These shells are among the most co...

lovebugs. click on the image for a better view. Also, I just caught wind of a great blog. I was in a print exchange called "Leftover...

I'm a collector. I collect rocks, bone china, books, fossils, postcards, nick-knacks, and basically any other small (and interesting) s...

i captured his essence. click on the drawing for a more accurate viewing.

fortune cookies that should exist: don't eat Cheetos for breakfast.

he's cooler then we are.

(first drawing I've made in awhile, they'll get better. let's observe progress) Confession: The puppy made me complacent unti...

This is the best coaster I've ever seen. A wild eyed, rearing, black stallion BLASTING outta two cans of delicious Busch light. Three ch...

Just when I've figured out how to get my way in Korea, it's time to leave. Sigh. And not in an "I'm an American. I'm en...

This is why I've taken a blog hiatus. Meet Mudd. A little rat terrier that has stolen my heart and my time. Dang, he's cute.

Sorry about the brief hiatus. jeez, puppies are a lot of work. When I come back...puppies, drawings, poems, and a story or two! much love.

baby birds kind of creep me out.

I went to the store, my bill was 5.99. I gave her 6 bucks and this was my return. Today's my lucky day.

quick lil' ramhead drawin'

The Bison of Madison, South Dakota. I thought he had an interesting paint job.

catfishmonster.sympatheticmagic.

"iowa diary" 2011 Here's some photographs from the Madison Area Arts Council's two-man show, Instinct. It was a damn fine...

I caught frog!

drawn in South Dakota.

Another momentous day for Jane! I found my first matching set of deer sheds! Granted, they're not the biggest sheds that ever fell off ...

The other night I had a dream that we were walking along the edge of a cornfield. As we walked, I looked down to stare at my bare feet buri...

The robins came back, calves are dropping in the fields. Iowa, it's spring!

1. A tiny, yellow, Jamaican bird. Can someone identify this for me? 2. Bob Marley's thinking rock. He would sit on top and think of l...

oh yeah, I got into an art show in New York at the Limner Gallery. Check it out at http://www.slowart.com/limner/current/upcoming.htm

Creek Finds. Left to right: Pleistocene Horse tooth (super old), bison tooth, bison tooth. Kick ass day.

1. The palm and shoe filled skies of Cozumel, Mexico. 2. I think this may be the DMV . 3. An immature brown pelican chillin with floating...